July 19, 2009 (Sunday)
- Ten policemen are arrested in Michoacán, Mexico, in connection with the murder of 12 federal police whose bodies were found piled next to a road. (France 24)[permanent dead link]
- 26 people are killed through electrocution, drowning and collapsing roofs in Karachi, Pakistan. (RTÉ) (Reuters) (The Times of India)
- A preserved barracks in the Netherlands that was used by Nazi Germany to process Jews and others on their way to concentration camps, known to have been occupied at one point by Anne Frank, is destroyed by fire. (France 24)
- The last British Embassy worker being held in Iran after the disputed re-election of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the ensuing street protests is released. (Sky News)
- Giant jellyfish wreak havoc around the Sea of Japan. (CNN)
- Henry Surtees, son of former Formula One world champion John Surtees, is killed by a flying wheel from a crash at the Brands Hatch round of the FIA Formula Two Championship supporting the WTCC.